An enjoyable documentary which HBO has gotten quite good at producing. There's little doubt the Arthur Miller is one of the best playwrites in American history.
There's a fairly long portion dedicated to the McCarthy hearings in the 1950's. This portion of the movie is quite revisionist because the Venona Papers that were released by the former Soviet Union confirmed that most of the people suspected by Congress were in fact communists and many were spies, including a member of FDR's cabinet.
There's a fairly long portion dedicated to the McCarthy hearings in the 1950's. This portion of the movie is quite revisionist because the Venona Papers that were released by the former Soviet Union confirmed that most of the people suspected by Congress were in fact communists and many were spies, including a member of FDR's cabinet.